General Practitioners: Manpower

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of practising NHS general practitioners to population was in  (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency,  (b) Hertfordshire and  (c) England in the last year for which figures are available.

Ben Bradshaw: Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the number of general medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) per 100,000 head of population for England, the East of England strategic health authority area and the two Hertfordshire primary care trusts.
	
		
			  Number (headcount) 
			   All practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars)  All practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) per 100,000 head of population 
			 England 33,091 65.3 
			 East Of England 3,568 64.4 
			 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 317 61.1 
			 West Hertfordshire PCT 349 65.9 
			  Note:   General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes GP and GP others.   Sources:  1. The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.  2. Resident Population Estimates, Office for National Statistics.